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TSgt August O'Niell, USAF, Afghanistan, Invictus Games Champion
Both of August O'Niell's parents served in the U.S. Air Force, and he followed suit thinking of a few years of service would pay for his college education. Instead, O'Niell overcame huge odds to beco…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
George Elliott, U.S. Army National Guard, Korea
George Elliott joined the U.S. Army National Guard when he was just sixteen because he told recruiters he was seventeen. Before turning twenty, Elliott would be in Korea, serving as a driver for troo…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
COL Ludwig Faistenhammer, U.S. Army, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
Ludwig Faistenhammer was born in Germany but his family moved to the U.S. before the Nazis rose to power. After the U.S. entered World War II, he joined the Army, never once deterred by having to fig…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
TSgt Paul 'Bud' Haedike, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II
Paul "Bud" Haedike was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. Before long he was assigned as a togglier bombardier on a B-17 bomber crew. From the final months of 1944 into 1945, Sgt. Haedike …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Jim Leavelle, U.S. Navy, WWII, Pearl Harbor, Kennedy Assassination
Jim Leavelle had a front row seat to two of the most shocking moments of the 20th Century, serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Whitney when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
SSG Jack Moran, U.S. Army, WWII, Battle of the Bulge, Crossing the Rhine
Jack Moran grew up in Wisconsin, joined the Army, and was deployed to France in the autumn of 1944. Over the next several months, Moran his his fellow soldiers in the 87th Infantry Division would see…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
COL Bob Edwards, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Ia Drang
Bob Edwards went through the Army ROTC program at Lafayette College and was commissioned as an officer in 1960. Soon, he was on his way to Germany at a very sensitive time in the Cold War as Berlin w…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Brig Gen Steve Ritchie, USAF, Vietnam, America's Last Ace Pilot
Retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Steve Ritchie excelled at every level in the Air Force, from the gridiron at the Air Force Academy to flight training to the skies over Vietnam. Fifty years a…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
COL Mike Dowe, U.S. Army, Korea, POW
From a young age, Mike Dowe knew that he wanted to attend the U.S. Military Academy and serve our nation in uniform. In 1950, he graduated from West Point and was immediately sent to Korea. After mon…
Published on 3 years ago
Maj. Gen. James Livingston, USMC, Vietnam, Medal of Honor
James Livingston entered the ROTC program when he entered college. A decade later, he was in Vietnam as a company commander, leading his fellow Marines into battle against the North Vietnamese Army a…
Published on 3 years ago